Review: The New Amsterdams

The New Amsterdams "Worse for the Wear" (Vagrant) You know, I didn't really like the first two albums from The New Amsterdams.  That said, Matt Pryor, lead singer of The Get Up Kids, third release as...

Review: Thundercrack

Thundercrack "The Crack" (Estrus) On the CD intro this group has a technique of vocal reverb and clamorous alt-blues that recalls The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. However, "Cheap Cosmetics" is a fusion of...

Review: S.T.U.N.

S.T.U.N. "Evolution Of Energy" (Geffen / Interscope) Hailed as having the punk sensibilities of bands like The Clash and The Sex Pistols, with sounds like The Pixies and S.E.A., S.T.U.N. (Scream Toward...

Various Artists

Various Artists "Snoisses, Vol. II" (Sessions Records) Sessions has put out a little fifteen compiler showcasing such acts as The Faction, Time Spent Driving, Downway, Turnedown, and the...

Review: Sleeping by the Riverside

Sleeping by the Riverside "A Breath Between Battles" (Indianola Records) For the most part, the songs are hardcore but alternate with some poppier melodic metal riffage, and vocals have the shout/scream...

Review: Sonny Landreth

Sonny Landreth "The Road We're On" (Sugar Hill) Landreth plays a varied slide guitar style combining bottleneck slide, palm and thumb-picking techniques for a sound varied texture. This is the eight-album...

Review: Sound Tribe Sector 9

Sound Tribe Sector 9 "Seasons 01" (Self Released) Sound Tribe Sector 9 is a source of mostly atmospheric, floating electronic compositions with a touch of jazz guitar and bass. Going beyond the merely...

Review: Squirtgun

Squirtgun "Fade to Bright" (Honest Don's Records) Well, Squirtgun has obviously gone FUBU because "Fade to Bright" showcases members of The Ataris, Big in Japan, Anti-Flag, the Groovie Ghoulies, Allister,...

Review: Steffen Basho-Junghaus

Steffen Basho-Junghaus "Rivers and Bridges" (Strange Attractors Audio House) Mention "experimental guitar" and the natural reaction is to think electric guitar. However, Basho-Junghaus is a rare bird in...

Review: Streetlight Manifesto

Streetlight Manifesto "Everything Goes Numb" (Victory Records) Hope your ready to skank it up, because Streetlight Manifesto is here to put band patches back onto your cardigans.  Ska-punks are going to...